On July 26th, Stefano Tonchi of the New York Times wrote a feature entitled "Men's Fashion: The New Black" which provided an insight to the recent features on the runway and in magazines that are paying homage to Black models. While this issue seems to be a lightning rod for some since race always and continues to polarize us particularly in the US, I applaud the fashion designers and publications for taking a step in this direction. Unfortunately there are still many places like the fashion industry that have not embraced diversity wholeheartedly, if at all.
A few days ago, Vogue Italia released its July 2008 entitled, "The Black Issue" since it will feature 100 pages of beautiful black women from every corner of the globe as a tribute to their place in fashion history. While I celebrate this recognition, I feel a bit saddened that in 2008 we are still recognizing "firsts" when it comes to people of color. Perhaps, beauty one day can fully seen for what it really is......just beauty.
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